Round One of the fifth annual Tournament of books has ended. This competition, sponsored by The Morning News and Powell’s Books, pits sixteen acclaimed novels of the year into a patently unfair apples vs. oranges competition. If nothing else, it could serve as a reading list for months. The judges are variously fair, respectful, and snarky, but all are interesting to read. Here are the results so far:

2666 by Robert Bolano vs. Steer toward Rock by Fae Myenne NgNetherland by Joseph O’Neill vs. A Partisan’s Daughter by Louis de BernieresThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga vs. Harry, Revised by Mark SarvasUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri vs. City of Refuge by Tom PiazzaShadow Country by Peter Matthiessen vs. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. LockhartThe Northern Clemency by Philip Hensher vs. The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar HemonA Mercy by Toni Morrison vs. The Dart League King by Keith Lee MorrisHome by Marilynne Robinson vs. My Revolutions by Hari Kunzru